Dear All Yes devastating news to lose my great friend, my gliding teacher and great person. He loved gliding and gave lots to the sport in various roles and was not really ever fully appreciated. A great loss Royce
From: Catherine Conway <[email protected]> To: [email protected], Date: 11/08/2015 08:36 AM Subject: Re: [DOG mailing list] John Viney Sent by: <[email protected]> Really sorry to hear this from Nigel yesterday. John was a great friend and mentor. He spent a week with me a few years ago changing the hoses in the Stemme. I?ll miss him. Clipsal in Adelaide won?t be the same without his visit. -Cath > > ------------------------------ > On Sat, Nov 7, 2015 4:14 AM PST Ian Mc Phee wrote: > >> Notice nothing said on AUSsoaring but John Viney passed away yesterday. I >> gather earlier in week he had a knee operation & assume something did not >> go to plan & was moved to another hospital. He was only 66 or 67 years >> old. These operations seem common place these days & thus you do not >> expect to loose somebody. >> >> I found him very helpful in his years in Airworthiness GFA. >> >> A sad loss & especially the circumstances >> >> Also John Ashford passed away earlier in year, John often being a standin >> in Airworthiness with GFA. There was a lot of knowledge now lost permantly >> with the passing of those two. >> >> Ian Mc Phee > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > You are subscribed to the Dimona Owners Group mailing list. > To unsubscribe, send email to: [email protected] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to the Dimona Owners Group mailing list. To unsubscribe, send email to: [email protected] ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com ______________________________________________________________________
